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theumlaut.com
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theumlaut.com is a personal blog at theumlaut.com about politics and economics. Since 2013, 18 different Hacker News readers have linked it 21 times, most often “Bitcoin isn’t Money—It’s the Internet of Money”. No feed was found, so read it on the site itself.
Too few sampled comments (7) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
Economics blog by Andrea Castillo, cited for its argument that Bitcoin is the internet of money, a net neutrality post, and an introduction to Moldbug. One commenter recommends it.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 7 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Most-linked posts?
- Bitcoin isn’t Money—It’s the Internet of Money3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2014-01-08
- Can Namecoin obsolete ICANN (and more)?2 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2014-02-08
- How Uber and Airbnb Resurrect ‘Dead Capital’2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2014-04-09
- How Net Neutrality Hurts the Poor2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2014-04-30
What Hacker News says?
Banning Uber (or upholding laws that restrict market-entrants such as Uber) is just another example of banning "Walmart Scotch." Recommended: http://theumlaut.com/2014/04/30/how-net-neutrality-hurts-the...
Comment linking /2014/04/30/how-net-neutrality-hurts-the-poor/
on “Uber ordered to halt transportation services in Germany”Submitted Can Namecoin obsolete ICANN (and more)? as a story · 141 points
HN discussionI haven't heard the label stoichiocrat[1] before, and Google search only finds this HN page. Do you know if many others share these views, and if they've ever been implemented? It's easiest to think of rules in a black and white, opt-in or opt-out way, and I hadn't considered the probabilistic option. [1] Without knowing the words, I think you mean "stochiocrat", which would be related to "stochastic" and probabilis…
Comment linking /mechanism-design-in-the-venetian-republic-bbedc3a25ea0
on “Going Quiet: More States Are Hiding 911 Recordings”Submitted Let’s Stop Talking About the “Work-Life Balance” as a story · 29 points
HN discussionAnd I'll tack on a mention of an explanation of Moldbug and his movement from the perspective of an economish blogger Andrea Castillo. AKA me. https://theumlaut.com/2014/07/29/a-gentle-introduction-to-ne...
Comment linking /2014/07/29/a-gentle-introduction-to-neoreaction-for-libertarians/
on “Two Kinds of Freedom of Speech (or Strangeloop vs. Curtis Yarvin)”Submitted The War On Bitcoin—and Anonymity as a story · 15 points
HN discussionWhile it doesn't tackle the benefits of decentralization, I really like the arguments in this article: http://theumlaut.com/2014/01/08/bitcoin-internet-of-money/ Basically, the benefit of the internet was that it was the first "open" telecommunications protocol (as opposed to telephone for example), which allows for permissionless innovation. Applications (i.e. Facebook) can be built on the internet without approval…
Comment linking /2014/01/08/bitcoin-internet-of-money/
on “Bitcoin 2.0 explained”Submitted How Net Neutrality Hurts the Poor as a story · 11 points
HN discussionInteresting comparison between Bitcoin and the internet. The Umlaut published an article outlining a similar theory: ( http://theumlaut.com/2014/01/08/bitcoin-internet-of-money/ ) using the same terminology (transport layer) and describing Bitcoins as the "internet of money". I noticed an interesting comment on the O'Reilly article: "The second problem is that we have yet to expand bitcoin beyond the control of virt…
Comment linking /2014/01/08/bitcoin-internet-of-money/
on “Bitcoin security model: trust by computation”Submitted Can Namecoin Obsolete ICANN (and More)? as a story · 10 points
HN discussionA slightly related article I read recently about how should we evaluate the claims of people much smarter than ourselves. i.e. in this specific article the example is if Krugman makes some claim about economics should we just accept them as he is probably leagues ahead in terms of knowledge and expierience in the subject. http://theumlaut.com/2013/03/13/paul-krugman-is-brilliant-bu...
Comment linking /2013/03/13/paul-krugman-is-brilliant-but-is-he-meta-rational/
on “Krugman's Baby-Sitting Co-op Explains The Design Flaw At The Heart Of Bitcoin”Submitted Bitcoin isn’t Money—It’s the Internet of Money as a story · 8 points
HN discussionNamecoin, Ethereum and Open Transactions come to mind. Maybe the future is much more evenly distributed and we all make a living by offering energy and computing power to those services? Why did PGP never take off? I would love to set up my own "miner" for it to play its part in a truly decentralized and secure Email service. Open source as the "business model" is key in that scenario. I don't have enough energy nor…
Comment linking /2014/02/05/namecoin-icann/
on “Tech Startups Are Targets of Ransom Cyberattacks”Submitted How Uber and Airbnb Resurrect ‘Dead Capital’ as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted A Vindication of Juggalo Society as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Government is simply the name we give to the things we choose to do together as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted A Critique of Anil Dash's Post on Publicness as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted How Uber and Airbnb Resurrect ‘Dead Capital’ as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Wired Man's Burden as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Fail Often, Fail Well as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Why Keynes was right as a story · 1 points
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